HSMBC Plaque Location:

St. John's, Newfoundland

Owner/Administrator:

Date Designated: 1950

Plaque Status: Plaqued in 1952

Reason for Designation

First non-stop Transatlantic Flight Newfoundland to Ireland

Other Info

Plaque Text

ALCOCK-BROWN TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
VOL TRANSATLANTIQUE ALCOCK-BROWN

At 12:58 p.m. Newfoundland time on 14 June, 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown of the Royal Air Force took off from nearby Lester's Field in a Vickers Vimy biplane. Sixteen hours and twelve minutes later, having travelled 1800 miles, they landed at Clifden, Ireland, thus completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

A 12 h 58, heure de Terre-Neuve, le 14 juin 1919, le capitaine John Alcock et le lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown de la Royal Air Force décollaient du champ Lester's, prPs d'ici, dans un biplane Vickers Vimy. Seize heures et douze minutes plus tard, ayant franchi une distance de 1,800 milles, ils se posaient B Clifden, en Irlande. Ils venaient d'accomplir le premier vol transatlantique sans escale

Alcock and Brown Transatlantic Flight